“Where I Lived and What I Lived For” (232)
Humans are adancing, but he believes that they should stay simple. He chose to live in a very small home by a pond surrounded by nature and away from the advances of human technology. He believes progress takes over our lives and corrupts us. Technolongy results in disconnection and takes away from who you really are. He tells us why he actually went into the woods and where he stays. He feels that the average life of a human is too complicated. He chose to live in the woods because people consume more than what you need, and he only wanted to use what he needed. He wanted to have the essential facts of life becausethere is too much excess in the human world.
Quote:”we do not ride on the railroad, the railroad rides on us”
“Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity”
“Sounds” (234) - The narrator explains the natural sounds that are able to be heard at th pond, but also the manmade sounds of a train. It shows how he wants to stay and live a simple, natural life without all of the noise. This shows that he still wished to live the simple life with the sounds of the ponds, rather than the noisy life of the modern man. As he amires how the earth changes, he realizes that he is not wasting his time, because he is living in the moment. Because he wanted to live in the moment, he sat in the woods and would listen to all of the sounds that surrounded him. He entertained himself by watching and being in the place, listening to the birds and other noises
Quote: “…my life itself was become my amusement and never ceased to be novel”
“Brute Neighbors” (235)
It is like modern day war. The ants are two certain peoples fighting, and is saying that they’ll fight over anything. Because all things are unified, you can see people in all aspect of nature share the same trait as man, fighting over non-important things. He is saying this as a negative aspect towards his “ant” neighbors which are similar to a human neighbor. This passage satirizes war, and shows the brutality and pettiness of causes of war.
Quote: “and the results of this battlr will be as important and memorable to those whom it concerns as those of the battle of Bunker Hill.”
Humans are adancing, but he believes that they should stay simple. He chose to live in a very small home by a pond surrounded by nature and away from the advances of human technology. He believes progress takes over our lives and corrupts us. Technolongy results in disconnection and takes away from who you really are. He tells us why he actually went into the woods and where he stays. He feels that the average life of a human is too complicated. He chose to live in the woods because people consume more than what you need, and he only wanted to use what he needed. He wanted to have the essential facts of life becausethere is too much excess in the human world.
Quote:”we do not ride on the railroad, the railroad rides on us”
“Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity”
“Sounds” (234) - The narrator explains the natural sounds that are able to be heard at th pond, but also the manmade sounds of a train. It shows how he wants to stay and live a simple, natural life without all of the noise. This shows that he still wished to live the simple life with the sounds of the ponds, rather than the noisy life of the modern man. As he amires how the earth changes, he realizes that he is not wasting his time, because he is living in the moment. Because he wanted to live in the moment, he sat in the woods and would listen to all of the sounds that surrounded him. He entertained himself by watching and being in the place, listening to the birds and other noises
Quote: “…my life itself was become my amusement and never ceased to be novel”
“Brute Neighbors” (235)
It is like modern day war. The ants are two certain peoples fighting, and is saying that they’ll fight over anything. Because all things are unified, you can see people in all aspect of nature share the same trait as man, fighting over non-important things. He is saying this as a negative aspect towards his “ant” neighbors which are similar to a human neighbor. This passage satirizes war, and shows the brutality and pettiness of causes of war.
Quote: “and the results of this battlr will be as important and memorable to those whom it concerns as those of the battle of Bunker Hill.”
“The Pond in Winter” (237)
Nature in which creatures live and flourish and only gives the answer of pure beauty, and mother nature shows her true nature through the natural surroundings. Nature looks at rest/peace but even still life is thriving beneath the surface, ready to awaken the next season. This time of year seems dead, but is still full of life and beauty, you just ave to look under the surface to find the beauty of nature.
Quote: “heaven is under our feet as well as over our head”
“Spring” (238)
The narrator describes spring and compares it to the creation of the world. He talks about the weather, the plants, his surroundings, the feel etc. He is describing the changes from winter to spring and how so many things blossom out of something that seems like nothing. Winter is dark, dreary and everything is dead, but then spring comes aroung and everything blossoms into life, everything is brighter, lighter and full of life. The earth was nothing before it was created, and something that was so vast turned into something full of thriving life.
Quote: “The change from storm and winter to serene and mild weather, from dark and sluggish hours to bright and elastic ones, is a memorable crisis which all things proclaim. It is seemingly instantaneous atlast”
“The coming in of spring is like the creation of Cosmos out of Chaos and the realization of the Golden age.”
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